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BULLETIN 75. 
consisted of the coarser stems and these were consumed 
readily by the stock sheep. It was necessary at first to 
sprinkle the pulp with grain in order to get the lambs to eat 
it at all. Near the end of the trial the supply of sugar beets 
gave out and a little grain was added to the ration given 
Lot III. 
TABLE II. 
AVERAGE FOOD EATEN DAILY IN POUNDS. 
Alfalfa. Pulp. 
Lot 1. 2.02 4.22 
Lot II. 2.10 1.82 
Lot III. 1.82 
Lot IV. 1.77 
Sugar 
Wheat and 
Total Food 
Beets. 
Barley. 
Daily. 
0.04 
6.28 
0.72 
4.64 
2.70 
0.30 
4.82 
1.76 
0.90 
4.43 
The amount of alfalfa, pulp and grain consumed by the 
five lambs in Lot I. was 6.28 pounds per head daily; 2.02 
pounds of alfalfa, 4.22 pounds of pulp and .04 pounds of 
grain; or a total of 168.2 pounds of alfalfa, 375 pounds of 
pulp and 3.9 pounds of grain per head during the 84 days 
feeding. 
Lot III. ate a ration of 1.82 pounds of alfalfa, 2.70 
pounds of sugar beets and .30 pounds of grain per head 
daily, making a total ration of 4.82 pounds consumed daily; 
or a total amount of food eaten per lamb through the ex¬ 
periment of 153.2 pounds of alfalfa, 227.2 pounds of sugar 
beets and 25.6 pounds of grain. 
There were 2.10 pounds of alfalfa, 1.82 pounds of pulp 
and .72 pounds of grain consumed daily by the average 
lamb in Lot II., a total daily food of 4.64 pounds, or a total 
through the period of 177 pounds of alfalfa, 153 pounds of 
pulp, and 6.04 pounds of grain. 
Lot IV. consumed an average dailv ration of 1.77 
pounds of alfalfa, 1.76 pounds of sugar beets and .90 pounds 
of wheat and barley, a total daily ration of 4.43 pounds per 
lamb. This makes a total of 149.2 pounds of alfalfa, 147.2 
pounds of sugar beets, and 75.2 pounds of grain consumed 
through the experiment by the average lamb in this lot. 
The total amounts of food consumed for the entire 
period are as we should expect to find them, greater in 
those lots having pulp than in those having the beets, prob¬ 
ably because of the greater percent of nutrients in the 
beets. 
WEIGHT AND GAINS PER WEEK ON PULP AND BEET RATIONS. 
Table III. gives by weeks the individual weights of the 
lambs in the four lots during the trial, and the total gain 
